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God’s Manifest Glory Resting on a City - Bible Verse Handbook
Session #2 Jerusalem: God's Manifest Glory Resting on a City (Isa. 60) I. REVIEW: JERUSALEM'S GLORY, SIGNIFICANCE, AND STRUGGLE B. Jesus is zealous for Zion (Jerusalem) . 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 2 “I am zealous for Zion with great zeal…3 II will return to Zion, and dwell in the midst...” (Zech. 8:2-3) 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you…” (Ps. 122:6) C. All who love Jerusalem are to rejoice with her by standing for Jerusalem's prophetic destiny. 10Rejoice with Jerusalem…all you who love her; rejoice for joy, all you who mourn for her… (Isa. 66:10) D. Jesus declared that Jerusalem is His own city, calling it “the city of the great King” 35“Jerusalem…is the city of the great King.” (Mt. 5:35) 17Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it. (Jer. 3:17) E. The New Jerusalem will descend to the earth during the Millennium. 10He…showed me the great City, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven… (Rev. 21:10) G. God never changes. 6 “For I am the Lord , I do not change; 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (Jas. 1:17) 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. 7 Remember those who [ a ] rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Heb. 13:4-8) “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. (Isa. 40:1) II. JERUSALEM: A CITY FILLED WITH GOD'S MANIFEST GLORY (ISA. 60) A. Jerusalem will be the eternal dwelling place, or final resting place, for God's glory A dwelling place for the Mighty One…8 Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place. (Ps. 132:5, 8) B. Fulfilling God's promise to Abraham, that in his seed, all the families of the earth would be blessed 3 I will bless those who bless you, His commission to Moses that Israel will be a kingdom of priests 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.” (Ex. 19:6) That will be His witnesses to all the nations in order to bring them to God. 10 “You are My witnesses,” says the Lord , 2Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins. (Isa. 40:2) C. The inhabitants of Jerusalem are to arise and shine. This exhortation echoes Jesus' call to “go” to the nations 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Mt. 28:19) 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth .” (Acts 1:8) All the nations (Gentiles) and their kings will come to Jerusalem to encounter God's glory 1Arise, shine; for your light has come! and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you [Jerusalem], and His glory will be seen on you. At the end of the Tribulation when unprecedented darkness is on the nations. 2 The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And all kings your glory. D. Isaiah calls the inhabitants of Jerusalem to take notice of the supernatural events 4 “Lift up your eyes all around, and see: E. Wealth will come from the surrounding Arab nations that had recently attacked Jerusalem. This parallels the wise men who came to see Jesus, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (Mt. 2:11) 6 The multitude of camels shall cover your land, the dromedaries [Arabian camels] of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD. 7 All the flocks of Kedar [Saudi Arabia] shall be gathered…the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall ascend with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory [the temple in Jerusalem]. (Isa. 60:6-7) F. How will the people and gold get to Jerusalem from far away places? 8 Who are these who fly like a cloud…? 9 And the ships of Tarshish will come first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you. (Isa. 60:8-9) G. How will the money be used? 10The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you. (Isa. 60:10) H. How much money will come to Jerusalem? 11Your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, and their kings in procession. 12For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, and those nations shall be utterly ruined. 17The families of the earth [who] do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King…on them there will be no rain…18They shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. (Zech. 14:17-18) I. The money and the materials (cedars of Lebanon, cypress, pine, and box trees) will be used to build the temple in Jerusalem. 13The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. (Isa. 60:13) J . Jesus told Ezekiel about His throne and referred to it as “the place of the soles of My feet.” 4 The glory of the LORD came into the temple [millennial temple]... 6 Then I heard Him [Jesus] speaking to me from the temple…7 He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell [live] in the midst of…Israel forever.” ( Ezek. 43:4-7) K. The former enemies of Jerusalem will see the city through God's eyes. 14The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bowing to you, and all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 60:14) L. This will all be the work of God through the Messiah. 1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor…2 to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD…." (Isa. 61:1-2) III. GOD'S GLORY: SEVEN CONTRASTS (ISA. 60:15-22) A. Isaiah describes seven contrasts between the past and future of the people of Jerusalem; Arise, shine; For your light has come! B. Contrast #1: 15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations. (Isa. 60:15) C. Contrast #2: (Zech. 12:2) 16You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles, and milk the breast of kings; you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isa. 60:16) D. Contrast #3: 17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver, instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron . (Isa. 60:17a) E. Contrast #4: 17I will also make your officers peace, and your magistrates righteousness. 18Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction… (Isa. 60:17b-18a) F. Contrast #5: 18But you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18b) G. Contrast #6: 19The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the LORD will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. 20Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:19-20) 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. (Rev. 3:12) H. Contrast #7: 21“Your people shall all be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified. 22A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time.” (Isa. 60:21-22)
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